F-18 FDG PET/CT Imaging of Intraventricular Germinoma

Chih Hsiang B Yu, Patrick J. Peller, Rathan Subramaniam

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Abstract

The role of F-18 fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in the functional imaging of malignancies is well-known. Intraventricular germinoma is a rare central nervous system tumor. We describe a 25-year-old man with symptoms of diabetes insipidus, orthostatism, and visual changes evaluated by F-18 FDG PET/CT and MRI. There was an intense FDG hypermetabolic mass in the fourth ventricle, which was surgically removed. The pathology confirmed a germinoma. FDG PET/CT was useful in excluding distant metastases in the remainder of the neural axis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)393-394
Number of pages2
JournalClinical nuclear medicine
Volume34
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2009

Keywords

  • FDG
  • Intraventricular germinoma
  • PETCT

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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